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PLOW.

No. 279,469. Patented June 12,1883. V

(Model.) 2 sheets-sheet 2. E. WIARD PLOW. No. 279,469. Patented June 12,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @Erica EDWARD WIARD, or LomsviLLn7 KENTUCKY.

PLOW.

i SPECIFIATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,469, dated June 12, 1883.

` i Application filed'February 1G, 18H3. (Model.)

T0 all 1l/'7mm it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, EDWARD WIARD, acitizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Flows, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a incid-board plow having both its handles attached to a lug which is in line, or nearly so, with the beam; and it consists, first, in a mold-board plow provided with a single lug beneath the moldboard, and cast either with the standard or upon the moldfboard, so as to be in line, or nearly so, with the beam, said lug serving aud being adapted for receiving the confiningpivot of both handles of the plow, and affordin'g side bearings for the lower forward ends ofthe handles, second, in a mold-board plow provided with a ilanged lug beneathits `moldboard, and in line with or nearlyv so) the beam, said lug affording side and forward end bearings for both handles of the plow, and being perforated to receive the confining pivot-bolt oi' said handles; a11d, third, in the combination, in a mold-board plow, of a single lug which beneath the mold-board, and in line, or nearly so, with the beam, and two plow-handles pivoted to said lug and connect4 ed together where they are attached to the beam, and adjustably fastened to the beam of the plow by t-he same bolt by which they are connected, whereby both handles can be se! cured in their' positions beneath the moldboard and on opposite sides of the beam by simply two bolts, and said handles can be adjusted alike upon the confining pivot-bolt of the handle-lug to suit tall or short persons.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a broken side elevation and partial section of a plow with my invention applied thereto, the plow shown being steel-faced with a east frog or base and standard. Fig. 2isa broken bottom view ofthe same, andFig. 3 a broken top View and partial section ofthe same. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the standard with its perforated and iianged handle-lug. Fig. 5 is a perspective viewof a portion ofa cast mold board plow with my improvediianged lug cast directly on the under side of-the moldboard, the rib-like extension of standard or stay to the frog or base of the plow shown in Figs. 1 2, 3, and 4 being cut away between the points R and In the views of the drawings, A is the mold-board`; B, the point and short landside; C, the rear continuation of the landside, D, the share attached to the point and shortlandside, and E, the cast frog or base ofthe plow, to which the partsA, B, C, and D are fastened by key and lug, as c and b, and bolts and nuts, as at c, d, and e, so as to be readily detached therefrom for any purpose necessary. Upon the mold-board or landside a curved-standard sustaining-plate, A,Vis pro-` vided, and it extends from the upper edge of the landside to thc upper edgc'of the frog or base E of the plow, as shown. Through and ,from this curved portion A a cast mallealiile standard, F, extends both upward and downjward, as shown. This standard is formed with `or secured to the frog or base E, and its upper portion passes through the beam G, and by `means of the shoulder f below the beam and an ordinary clamping or gib and key fastening, g, is confined upon the beam. Thelower por- .tion of the standard below the mold-board forms what l term a handle-lug, 71. This portion reaches down to near the sole or base vof the plowshare, and has a curvature or inclination forward corresponding very nearly with the form ofthe under surface of the frog or base ofthe plow, as shown. The width of the standardmay be reduced for some distance below the mold-board, and then widened so as to give a proper side bearing for the handles ofthe plow, as shown;4 and this bearing portion 71. may be terminated in two rightangle flanges, j j, as shown. The lug l1 l1. is cast with the frog E, and united along its entire length thereto, Aas shown by the brokensectioned portion of the frog and lug at R S in Fig. l.V It is not necessary tof have the anged lug and standard F united when the mold-board is cast, for the lug` can be cast directly upon the under side ofthe mold-board in line with the beam, as shown in Fig. of the drawings. To this lower widened and flanged portion, l1. j j both the handlesH H of the plow are fastened by nica-ns of a single pivot-bolt, It, as shown, and their lower ends abut against the flanges jj in a manner to keep iirm and relieve the pivot-bolt k of undue1 strain. The handles H extend back with ICO an upward inclination on each side of the beam G, and are perforated, and provided with peri'ora-ted iianged wearing-plates m opposite the portions which bear against and connect with the beam. At points opposite these wearingplates the beam G is provided with either several adj listing-holes, n., or, the equivalent thereot', a segmental slot concentric with the pivotbolt l: ofthe lug 71 the beam being also provided at these points with wearing-plates p, which also are perforated or slotted in the same manner as is the beam. Through the handles, plates, and beam an adjustingbolt, s, is passed, and by this means the rear portions of the handles are confined in position. 'lt' the handles are to be set t'or a tall person, they will be inclined farther 'from the ground, and the bolt s will be passed through a higher hole, n, and vice versa, itthey are to be set for a short person. Both handles will move together on the pivot-bolt k when the holes ny are substituted by a segmental slot; but to move them when holes 91y are adopted it will be necessary to withdraw the bolt s l'rom one set of holes and place it in another. l prefer the holes a and bolt to the slot and bolt, as a more positive set ot the handles can be effected with the former.

The drawings are intended to give, in general, the form ot a plow made either wholly of cast metal or partlyot' cast metal and wrought metal. ln the special construction shown by Figs. l., 2, 3, and @L the mold-board, point, and landside are detachable from the cast base and standard, and these parts can be replaced with either cast metal or steel, while the other parts are cast in one piece, thus making thc metal portion of' the plow ot' only Ytour pieces.

ln case that part ot' my invention which relates specially to the lug 71 beneath the moldboard and nearly in line with the beam for supporting both handles is to be applied to a common eastplow, said lug 71 can be cast i'n the same position on the under surface oi" the mold-board as shown in Fig. 5.

ln ordinary cast and steel plows having mold-boards and stocked with wooden beam and handles the beam-handle is bolted to the lamlside-lmndle by two bolts eXtra of those used in 'lastening the mold-board handle to the moldboard; but with my invention of the lug '/z, supporting both handles, half these bolts are saved and facilities afforded for removing the landside when worn out without removing the bolts by which the plow is attached to the beam and handles.

The construction ot' plow which l have rhownand described is not new t'urther than in the particulars set forth in the statement ofthe nature et invention. and herein claimed.

l am aware that modes of attaching handles to single lugs ot' a plow have been devised, but some ot' these dii-'ter 'from mine in requiring a greater number of parts and bolts, and in not permitting the landside, when worn out, to be removed without removing the bolts by which the plow is attached to the beam and handles. Others also differ from my invention in not allowing the laiidside, point, and share to be removed without removing the bolts by which the plow is attached tothe beam and handles; and some others dit'f'er in not permitting the moldboard, share, point, and landside to be separated without remov ing thc bolts by which the beam and handles are attached to the pl ow; and all ot' them dii'- i'er 'from my invention in not having the lug cast with the standard or 1nold-board, and located centrally oi' the beam, or nearly so, below the mold-board, and in not providing a lug which serves as an abutment tor both handles, and upon which both handles are adjustable to suit tall and short persons, in the inanner hcreinbet'ore described.-

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination, with a mold -board plow, of the single peril'orated lug 71, said lug being beneath the mold-board in line, or nearly so, with the beam, and supported by themoldboard or its frog away 'trom'and out ot' connection with the landside, and serving to receive the pivot-bolt ot both handles ot the plow,

substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a mold -board plow, ot the single perforated lug 71, having iianged supports j for the lower ends ot" the handles, sai d lug being arranged and supported beneath the mold-board in line, or nearly so, with the beam and away from contact withthe landside, substantially as described. l

The combination, in a mold-board plow, ot' the single lug 71, supported and arranged out of contact with the landside upon the under side of the mold-board, in line, or nearly so, with the beam, the adjustable handles, a plow-beam, twofbolts, l' and s, and suitable adjusting means, as at a, substantially as and 'tor the purpose described.

EDlVARl) \VIARD. lV i tnesses:

SIDNEY AvERY, Gino. PoRTEoUs.

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